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Cornish Fairings

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22 Reviews

Total Time
25m
Prep Time
15m
Bake Time
10m
Serves 18
Serves 18
easy
Easy

About the bake

These traditional buttery and crisp biscuits keep well in a tin for 3-4 days - if you can save them that long. If you're feeling super indulgent, why not try out our chocolate dipped cornish fairings recipe.

9 ingredients5 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.

    2. Step 2

      Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan over a low heat.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 100gButter (unsalted) (room temperature)
      • 100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
      • 2 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
    3. Step 3

      Sift the flour, ginger, mixed spice, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt together into a bowl, then tip in the melted butter mixture and gently stir to form a smooth dough.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 175gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
      • 2 tspGinger (ground)
      • 0.5 tspMixed spice (ground)
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon (ground)
      • 0.5 tspBicarbonate of soda
      • PinchSalt
    4. Step 4

      Place heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture on to baking sheets, about 3cm apart to allow room for them to spread. Flatten slightly with a knife.

    5. Step 5

      Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool and harden on the baking tray for 10 minutes before cooling.

    Ingredients

      • 100gButter (unsalted) (room temperature) 
      • 100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 
      • 2 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup 
      • 175gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour 
      • 2 tspGinger (ground) 
      • 0.5 tspMixed spice (ground) 
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon (ground) 
      • 0.5 tspBicarbonate of soda 
      • PinchSalt 

    Nutritional information per 20g serving

    • Energy 105cal
    • Fat 4.7g
    • of which Saturates 2.9g
    • Carbohydrates 14g
    • of which Sugars 7.4g
    • Protein 1g
    • Salt 0.28g

    22 Baker Ratings

    Absolutely delicious! We didn’t have all spice so we used extra ginger! If I made up this recipe I would add more ginger to make it a little more gingery. 😋

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    Lovely texture
    Study group appreciated chewy melt in mouth taste and warmth of spices Excellent recipe
    Cathy
    Cromwell
    Central Otago
    New Zealand

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